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Carolina

/ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/

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British/ˌkaɹəˈlɑjnə/

Carolina proper noun: a female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.

Proper noun

Carolina (countable and uncountable, plural Carolinas)

  1. (countable) A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
  2. Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
    • I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
    • These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in...2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN
  3. A town in Alabama.
  4. A village and census-designated place in the towns of Charlestown and Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
  5. A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
  6. A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
  7. A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
  8. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
  9. A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
  10. A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
  11. (uncountable) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Forms of Carolina

pluralCarolinas

Origin of Carolina

From Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Carolus (“Charles”) + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Caroline. The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.

Words formed from Carolina

Phrases with Carolina

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Words that rhyme with Carolina

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Questions about Carolina

What does Carolina mean?
Carolina means a female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
What part of speech is Carolina?
Carolina is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Carolina?
Carolina is pronounced /ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/ (UK).

Words near Carolina in the dictionary

  1. carolers
  2. Caroli
  3. Caroli disease
  4. Carolian
  5. carolin
  6. Carolina
  7. Carolina Alley
  8. Carolina allspice
  9. Carolina allspices
  10. Carolina ash
  11. Carolina blue

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